Jewish Heritage Europe

Tourism: A round-up of some of the local Jewish heritage tours and events this coming week in several countries

  While the pandemic has curtailed much tourism there’s a lot going on on the local level in the coming week. Here are some of the organized Jewish heritage tourism events scheduled in the coming week. If you find yourself … continue reading →

Poland: More than 150 matzevot & fragments uncovered under Lezajsk market square; dozens more uncovered in a former prison courtyard in Lviv

More than 150 Jewish headstones and fragments have been unearthed over the course of the summer during construction on the main market square in Lezajsk, Poland — a town noted as the center of pilgrimage by thousands of Hasids each … continue reading →

Cemeteries: Could a new artist residency at a historic New York cemetery be a model for a way to bring Jewish cemeteries to greater attention?

Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, 1966. By Shirley Moskowitz

Could a new artist in residence program at a historic cemetery in New York be applied as a model for how to focus attention on Jewish cemeteries, their needs, and their history? Applications are currently open for an innovative (and … continue reading →